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German version of the Metal Hammer magazine has an interview with Ian Gillan and Simon McBride in their July 2024 issue, done on the occasion of the new album =1. Quote of the day: Like its four predecessors, created under the sound direction and with the co-compositional skills of Bob Ezrin, the band around singer […]
Read more »Several German magazines chose Deep Purple to put on the covers of their recent issues. Eclipsed magazine issue #261 (06/24) has 50 years of Burn as the cover story. The magazine can be ordered through the publisher, albeit delivery is available only to selected European countries. Classic Rock Germany issue #131 has Deep Purple’s upcoming […]
Read more »Deep Purple are performing again at the Montreux Jazz Festival this year on July 8, and the day before, on July 7 Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, and Roger Glover will be participating in a workshop event held by The Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation (MJAF). If Montreux is known far and wide, it’s thanks in no […]
Read more »Louder Sound has a article on Machine Head remix, based around an interview with Ian Gillan, with some contributions from Ritchie Blackmore, Dweezil Zappa, and Bruce Dickinson. Couple of quotes from Big Ian: I can see why [the record companies] are doing it. They have to make the music reach today’s audiences, I suppose. Everyone […]
Read more »Ian Gillan talks about Deep Purple’s journey to musical freedom. This clip appears to be a part of the promotion campaign for the new album.
Read more »Tony Iommi made an appearance on SiriusXM’s Eddie Trunk show on May 22, 2024, and was asked about the remix of Born Again. The master tapes for the album have been found nearly 3 years ago, yet we haven’t heard much of the progress. His answer didn’t shed much light on the matter either. Well, […]
Read more »Couple of interviews courtesy of Made in Metal. Roger Glover and Ian Gillan talk about Machine Head, Loosen My Strings, poetic licences, Ritchie’s shoes, and other interesting things.
Read more »Ian Gillan provided his top 5 favourite Purple tracks to Louder Sound: Mary Long (Who Do We Think We Are, 1973) “I’d like to point out that I’m choosing these songs spontaneously, they could all change tomorrow. I like Mary Long because nobody had written a song like that before. [The name Mary Long was […]
Read more »Ian Gillan was interviewed by Singapore’s The Straights Times. He spoke about the gig Deep Purple are about to play in the country and the upcoming new album: We haven’t done a show since before Christmas because we’ve been working flat out on a new record. So everyone is like a caged lion at the […]
Read more »Rufus Stone publications have announced a new photo book Portraits of Gillan, covering Big Ian’s career after his first departure from Deep Purple. ON LEAVING DEEP PURPLE IN JUNE 1973 IAN GILLAN seemed to turn his back on music. Instead of joining or forming a new outfit the vocalist instead invested heavily in a number […]
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